Fragment from a Large Curtain

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1939.35

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CMA_.1939.35

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2002

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2002

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Iberian; Spanish

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European; Iberian; Spanish

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Islamic Spain, probably Granada, Nasrid period, 14th century

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Islamic Spain, probably Granada, Nasrid period, 14th century

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Fragment from a Large Curtain

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Fragment from a Large Curtain

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

1300s

oct

1300s

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1300

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1300

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1399

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1399

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Lampas: a combination of two weaves, satin weave and plain weave; silk and gold thread

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Lampas: a combination of two weaves, satin weave and plain weave; silk and gold thread

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Textiles

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Textiles

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 48.3cm x 25.4cm

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Overall: 48.3cm x 25.4cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1939.35

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1939.35

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Credit Line

false

Inscriptions:

horizontal rows of staggered arch-like forms enclose knotted and interlaced Kufic inscriptions: "Success."

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horizontal rows of staggered arch-like forms enclose knotted and interlaced Kufic inscriptions: "Success."

Inscriptions

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Provenance:

(Estate of H. A. Elsberg).

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(Estate of H. A. Elsberg).

Provenance

false

Context:

This rare silk was originally resplendent with its luxurious gold thread ground. Similar patterns decorate the stucco walls of the Alhambra, the imperial palace built in Granada in the 14th century by the Nasrid rulers, the last Islamic dynasty in Spain (1238-1492). The sophisticated pattern is based on the angular arabic script called kufic. The word for "good fortune" appears in mirror-image symmetry in crimson silk, framed by split palmette leaves forming arches in either ivory or green silk.

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<P>This rare silk was originally resplendent with its luxurious gold thread ground. Similar patterns decorate the stucco walls of the Alhambra, the imperial palace built in Granada in the 14th century by the Nasrid rulers, the last Islamic dynasty in Spain (1238-1492). The sophisticated pattern is based on the angular arabic script called kufic. The word for "good fortune" appears in mirror-image symmetry in crimson silk, framed by split palmette leaves forming arches in either ivory or green silk.</p>

Context

false

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Fragment from a Large Curtain